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Security Clearance Denial

In a rather interesting recent Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals case, a DoD contractor was denied security clearance eligibility due to personal conduct concerns revolving around how he neglected to get approval to work for additional companies and at one point, was employed by three different employers at the

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Background Investigations

There is an ongoing discussion thread on ClearanceJobsBlog.com where background investigators share insights on workflow status, process updates, timeline changes, and the broader challenges and benefits affecting the profession. Most participants are contractor investigators operating as independent 1099 employees for prime and subcontracting companies supporting the Defense Counterintelligence and Security

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Denial

There are many ways to track people these days; e.g., smartphones, air pods, GPS trackers, and IP address locations, to name a few. The ease…
Career Advice

The on-going political drama created by our elected officials resulting in thousands of Department of Homeland Security employees going without a paycheck for the second…
Security Clearance Denial

It really does amaze me how some people are completely unaware of acceptable personal conduct as an employee in a professional workplace. A recent Department…